Biodiversity and Education for Sustainable Development in Teacher Education Programmes of Four Jamaican Educational Institutions

Autor/in	Collins-Figueroa, Marceline
Titel	Biodiversity and Education for Sustainable Development in Teacher Education Programmes of Four Jamaican Educational Institutions
Quelle	In: Journal of Education for Sustainable Development, 6 (2012) 2, S.253-267 (15 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0973-4082
DOI	10.1177/0973408212475257
Schlagwörter	Active Learning; Environmental Education; Interdisciplinary Approach; Teacher Education Programs; Foreign Countries; Content Analysis; Biodiversity; Sustainable Development; Student Teachers; Case Studies; Interviews; Outcomes of Education; Thematic Approach; Clubs; Extracurricular Activities; Jamaica + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Aktives Lernen; Umweltbildung; Umwelterziehung; Umweltpädagogik; Fächerübergreifender Unterricht; Fächerverbindender Unterricht; Interdisziplinarität; Ausland; Inhaltsanalyse; Biodiversität; Nachhaltige Entwicklung; Lehramtsstudent; Lehramtsstudentin; Referendar; Referendarin; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Themenzentrierter Unterricht; Club; Klub; Außerunterrichtliche Aktivität
Abstract	This article presents an account of biodiversity education in a national teacher education project in Jamaica. Four case studies are examined here. Document analyses and interviews of educators and student teachers are used to explore how biodiversity was addressed in teacher education curricula, the processes and outcomes of learning in education for sustainable development (ESD) and how learning contributed to sustainable development. It concludes that the project facilitated ESD through whole college, cross-curricular, collaborative, thematic, active learning to varying degrees. Interdisciplinary approaches were achieved in extra-curricular clubs, but rarely in the discipline-bound college curricula. Few colleges included valuing or explored the controversial nature of biodiversity. Ecological, social, cultural and economic outcomes are identified; however, systemic interconnections of these dimensions are limited. (Contains 3 tables.) (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10